The Principles of Social EvolutionClarendon Press, 1986 - 412 Seiten Dispelling the general assumption that social institutions survive because of their sophisticated adaptive advantages, this ground-breaking work asserts that the commonest customs and institutions may endure because of their very simplicity or as a result of simple human proclivity. Using religious, military, and kinship institutions to illustrate this argument, the author shows that a precise combination of these factors may lead to the emergence of new forms of social evolution. |
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... necessary for survival will really develop is not a question worth pondering ' ( ibid . , 181-2 ) . Point 2 asserts that not all institutions came into being because they were functionally necessary to a society ( an example being the ...
... necessary for survival will really develop is not a question worth pondering ' ( ibid . , 181-2 ) . Point 2 asserts that not all institutions came into being because they were functionally necessary to a society ( an example being the ...
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... necessary , but which would be impossible for a society of much larger scale with a market economy . It is also ... necessary to maintain a central government , to allocate official tasks , to prevent rebellion , to raise and distribute ...
... necessary , but which would be impossible for a society of much larger scale with a market economy . It is also ... necessary to maintain a central government , to allocate official tasks , to prevent rebellion , to raise and distribute ...
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... Necessary subsistence tasks that were left undone because the people could not organize themselves to carry them out ? In which case , obviously , the people would all be dead , or the tasks would not really be necessary at all . Or ...
... Necessary subsistence tasks that were left undone because the people could not organize themselves to carry them out ? In which case , obviously , the people would all be dead , or the tasks would not really be necessary at all . Or ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Darwinism and Social Evolution | 29 |
The Survival of the Mediocre | 81 |
Urheberrecht | |
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adaptive anthropology aspects assembly associated authority basic basis become belief biological centralized Chapter Chinese clan clear clearly closely competition concept consider course culture dependent descent distinction early economic effective environment especially essential established evidence evolutionary example existence explain fact force forms functions give groups human ibid idea importance increase individual Indo-European institutions involved kind king kinship Konso land less maintain major means military nature necessary noted officials organization origin particular period person political population possible practice Press priests primitive principles problem produce properties reasons refer regard relations relative religious requirements result ritual rules seems selection sense significance simply social evolution social organization society specific status structure success theory thought traits unit University warfare warriors whole